Who Murdered Chaucer? - A Medieval Mystery (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

In this work of historical speculation Terry Jones investigates the mystery surrounding the death of Geoffrey Chaucer over 600 years ago. A diplomat and brother-in-law to John of Gaunt - one of the most powerful men in the kingdom - Chaucer was celebrated as his country's finest living poet, rhetorician and scholar: the pre-eminent intellectual of his time. And yet nothing is known of his death In 1400 his name simply disappears from the record. We don't know how he died, where or when; there is no official confirmtion of his death and no chronicle mentions it; no notice of his funeral or burial. He left no will and there's nothing to tell us what happened to his estate. He didn't even leave any manuscripts. How could this be?;What if he was murdered? What if he and his writings had become politically inconvenient in the seismic social shift that occurred with the overthrow of the liberal Richard II by the reactionary, oppressive regime of Henry IV. Would the dogs of suppression, unleased by Archbishop Arundel, have been snapping at the heels of a dangerous poet?;Terry Jones' hypothesis is the introduction to a reading of Chaucer's writings as evidence that might be held against h

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Imprint:	Methuen Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2003
Authors:	Terry Jones • Robert F. Yeager • Terry Doran • Alan Fletcher • Juliett D'or
Dimensions:	242 x 164 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	401
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-413-75910-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-413-75910-5
Barcode:	9780413759108

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